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Old 01-21-2004, 04:57 PM
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The desoldering braid that RS sells is garbage. I will only use Chem-wick by Chemtronics. It doesn't fray and fall apart while you are using it like the RS stuff does. But yes, using desoldering braid before doing the wire trick is how I remove surface mount chips of all sizes.
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